The Art of Not Fitting In (Without Losing Yourself)
October 31, 2025
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Teaching Students with ADHD “Each of us can learn the art of nourishing happiness and love. Everything needs food to live, even love. If we don’t know how to nourish our love, it withers. When we feed and support our own happiness, we are nourishing our ability to love. That’s why to love means to […]
Parker Palmer wrote The Courage to Teach, a book I cherished. Lately I find myself asking: What does courage mean? And, how can we cultivate a courageous spirit joined with steady, valiant action? Some days, courage feels like releasing a minty breath bubble into a musty room and watching what unfolds. Other days, it edges […]
I wake up in the morning and express gratitude. I feel at peace. My intention for the day is happiness and peace. I say: May I be at peace. May I be happy. Then I think of someone I love and send them an offering of peace and happiness. I usually start with my son […]
So much has happened since I last wrote. Another year has slipped by. I like to think I move like the spirits—outside of time—but the clock still rules the world. In the past year I moved twice, unpacked boxes, started a job, made peace with some things and took a stand on others, climbed mountains, […]
And just like that, I’m back in Madrid launching a business. After a three month retreat in a country cabin in Woodstock, I returned to a city I adore. My departure was ambivalent as I left failed plans and proximity to loved ones. It’s bitter sweet to move to another country in search of work […]
Life happens whether we are still or not. We can actively participate in some aspect of the world or stay still. Wisdom comes from both. Sometimes, our life experience is decided for us through illness, trauma or circumstances. Meditation is one way to get acquainted with the wisdom inherent in stillness by choice of our […]
“An upright, graceful posture brings the light energy we need to make wise choices for ourself and society.”
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